Term ends Nov 17, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 8, 2040
Held by Zscaler, Inc.
Filed Jul 8, 2020 as application 16/923,225 · Granted Aug 30, 2022
Base term plus 132 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jul 8, 2020
Jul 8, 2020
Term ends
Nov 17, 2040
Nov 17, 2040
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Aug 30, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
132
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
13
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 132 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 8, 2020, when this application, 16/923,225, was filed | Jul 8, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +132 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 17, 2040 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 17, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,582,261 | In force Aug 2040 | Aug 2040 |
| US 11,671,433 | In force Feb 2041 | Feb 2041 |
| US 11,429,589 | this patent Nov 2040 | Nov 2040 |
| US 11,805,138 | In force Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
| US 11,455,407 | In force Feb 2041 | Feb 2041 |
| US 12,095,799 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 11,829,347 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 12,299,156 | In force Aug 2041 | Aug 2041 |
8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2020 Reel 53146, frame 462 | Paul, Narinder; Bhallamudi, Arun; Bayar, Balakrishna; Tan, James | Zscaler, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2040
Term ends Nov 17, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 132 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.